Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Category: Personal Finance

  • 4 Tips You Need To Finance Your New Family

    4 Tips You Need To Finance Your New Family

    The cost of starting a family can be astronomical. Between buying a house, paying for preschool and college, and planning for the future, it’s easy to see how parents can find themselves pinching pennies. However, if you’re looking to start a family in the near future, there are plenty of ways you can save money…

  • Free transportation for seniors in Montreal

    Free transportation for seniors in Montreal

    One of the biggest expenses for anyone is transportation. Some people pay up to $1,000/month for transportation, car, insurance, maintenance, gas, parking, etc. I rely a lot on public transportation and for me, I pay about $70 per month between car sharing service and public transportation. But for seniors, transportation is now FREE in the…

  • Tips for saving up enough money to relocate

    Tips for saving up enough money to relocate

    So you’ve seen some luxury villas for sale in Turkey and want to start saving to buy one? We don’t blame you! Saving up enough cash for a big purchase like that isn’t as hard as you may think. Sure, it can take some time, but with the right amount of patience and hard work…

  • I gave up my car because of parking tickets

    I gave up my car because of parking tickets

    There were many reason why I was considering selling my car, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was a parking ticket. I forgot to move my car from one side of the street to the other and when I came back to my car, there it was, a beautiful parking ticket, a request…

  • How to become Financially Independent

    How to become Financially Independent

    Becoming financially independent seems like an unattainable goal, but that’s only because that’s the way we have been thought to think about it. If you have any disposable income there is a huge pressure to spend it in thing that we now call “necessities.” or in luxuries because “we deserve it.” Whenever I ask a…

  • The end of the year is coming. Are you updating your will?

    The end of the year is coming. Are you updating your will?

    Every year I write a Last Will. These are my reflection for the 2023 year.